Increased flows on the Truckee River have made it dangerous for swimmers, boaters, and those on tubes. But it's having a positive effect on the whitewater rafting business in the Truckee area.

The No. 2 Republican in the Senate says the GOP has the votes to pass a sweeping tax overhaul. That's the word on Friday from Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who told reporters, "We're confident in the 50 and we'd like to build on that."

House leaders are confident a massive tax overhaul bill will pass, but Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party’s politically must-do legislation.

While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched floors of packed bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently turned to social media to measure the viral shockwaves his attack on a gay nightclub had generated.

Governors in at least a half-dozen states ordered National Guardsmen to be armed in the wake of an attack on two military facilities in Tennessee.